Churn



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMERSON ADKINS SMITH, OF NElIVPOR'I, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,485, dated April 5,1887.

Application filed December 9, 1886. Serial No. 221,113.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMERSON ADKINS SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Barton and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ohurns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and we act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and

letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The same letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, Figurel is a top plan with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with parts broken away and partly in section. Fig. 8 represents in perspective the dasher, its stem, and coupling, the parts being detached, but shown in their relative pos1- tions.

The invention relates to churns; and it consists in the peculiar combination and the novel construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents a suitable stand, designed to support the churn-body B, and provided with any suitable means for securing the churn in place, and yet allow of its ready removal when desired. In the present instance Ihave shown the substantiallysemicircular band A, hinged at one end to the stand or frame A, and its other end engaging a staple or other securing device upon the opposite side of the frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1'.

Within the body B of the churn I place what I term a frame, 13', consisting in the present instance of the bars a, connected at the top and bottom by the rings 6. A crosspiece, 0, is secured to the bottom ring I), and at its center is provided upon its upper face with a projection, c, on which is stepped the dasher-stem, as hereinafter described. Suitable guides, d, are secured to the inner side of the churn-body, near its top, to hold the frame in place.

D is the dasher-stem, having at its lower end (No model.)

a socket, d, to engage the projection c on the cross-piece C in such a manner as to allow of the free rotation of the stem, and yet prevent longitudinal displacement of the same. The stem, near its lower end, is provided with a transverse slot, through which is placed the dasher-board E, secured in posit-ion by the key 0. F F are beaters secured to said dasherboard, and extending from diagonally-opposite corners thereof to form a sort of spiral, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

In the crossbar G, secured in the uprights f, supported upon the frame A, isjournaled the shaft 9, which carried the pinion H, provided with a suitable crank and handle, h, by which it is rotated. J ournaled in the log 2', projecting from the cross-bar G, is the stub-shaft j, carrying the pinion J, meshing with the pinion H, secured upon the shaft 9, with suitable connections between the shaft j and the dasher-stem; but in order to provide for the ready removal of the ehurn-body without interfering with the operating mechanism, or to allow of the removal of the dasher and its stem, I have designed the following connection:

The shaft j is formed with or has attached to it a head, It, from which project the arms 70'. The upper end of the dasher-stem has a similar head, Z, provided with the arms 1, which are substantially one-half the length of the arms k.

m is a connecting or coupling block, pro vided upon its opposite sides with recesses m, within which the arms k and Z are made to.

fit snugly. lVhen the churn-body is in position, the dasher in place, and the dasher-stem connected with the operating mechanism in the manner described, the turning of the crank it will rotate the dasher, owing to its make no claim to the construction shown eess m, of the same length as the arlnsk, and

therein as forming part of my invention. constructed to receivceither the arms 7a or Z, [5 Having thus described my invention and to make or break the connection between the set forth its merits, what I claim to be new, shaft and dasher-stem and to rigidly connect 5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the same when engaging the arms Z, substan- The combination, with the shaft j, head 70 tially as described. thereon, and parallel rcctangulararins 70, pro- In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 20 jecting from said head, of the dasher-stern presence of two witnesses.

provided with head Z, parallel rectan ular a}, m Y T W i [0 arms Z, -projecting from said head and sub- LMERDOJ ADKIAS SMITH stantially one-half the length of the arms 7:, Vfitnesses: and the coupling m, provided upon opposite XVILLIAM H. FELL, sides of a central web with rectangular re- TV. T. JoHNsoN. 

